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- Advocacy, Inc.- An Austin,
Texas based non profit organization that represents the disabled community,
including special education. The emphasis is to devote resources to
the most significant problems identified by the disability community.
- Americans with Disabilities
Act Document Center- Download the laws (All of them!)
- Center For Education
Advocacy- Special education advocate in Miami, Florida whose mission
is for disabled students to have access to culturally competent individualized
educational and rehabilitation services, and to be fully included.
- Center for Law and
Education- CLE works to vindicate the rights of students with disabilities,
emphasizing low-income children and youth. It participates in litigation,
federal and state legislative advocacy, and technical assistance to
attorneys and parents.
- Disability Rights Advocates-
DRA is a national and international organization dedicated to protecting
and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities. Run by and
for people with disabilities, DRA pursues its mission through research,
education, and legal advocacy.
- EdLaw- Offers publications and
services.
- I.D.E.A. Practices- A
resource-rich and highly interactive web site that provides service
providers and local administrators with information and support for
IDEA-related concerns, issues, and strategies that work.
- Individuals
with Educational Disabilities Act (IDEA)- For those interested in
learning more about the 1997 amendments to IDEA.
- Pennsylvania Education Law Center-
A nonprofit legal advocacy organization, dedicated to insuring that
all of Pennsylvania's children have access to a quality public education.
- Reed Martin- An advocacy
website.
- "Seven
Steps to Effective Mediation"- A great article on advocacy.
- Statewide Parent Advocacy Network,
Inc.- SPAN is a non-profit educational and advocacy center for parents
of children from birth to 21 years of age. This N.J. organization assists
families of infants, toddlers, children and youth with and without disabilities.
- View
from the Top: How Principals View Learning Problems- From an administrators
perspective.
- Wrightslaw- Information about
effective advocacy for children with disabilities.
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